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Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków

Main Market Square, Kraków, 30-962

Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków

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The Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Polish: Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Krakowie) has for many years been a place of meetings, performances by street artists, and a landmark on the Krakow market square. It is located on the eastern side of the Main Square, between the Cloth Hall and the exit of Sienna Street. The monument was designed by Teodor Rygier. It depicts the poet standing on a pedestal, surrounded by 4 allegorical figures sitting at his feet on a multi-level pedestal, symbolizing the Homeland (from Sienna Street), Science (from the AB line), Bravery (from the Sukiennice) and Poetry (from the side of St. Wojciech). There is a dedication on the pedestal: "To Adam Mickiewicz the Nation". The monument was unveiled on June 26, 1898 in the presence of the poet's daughter and son, on the hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth. On August 17, 1940, the monument was destroyed by the Germans occupying the city. After the war, it was reconstructed from elements found in 1946 in a scrap yard in Hamburg. The reconstruction was unveiled on November 26, 1955, on the 100th anniversary of the death of the poet.

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